See the ‘oddball’ flying machine that would have revolutionized de...
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Word of the strange device traveled first to New York, then spread to Missouri and Kansas and along the Eastern Seaboard in 1892. The Volucere, the papers called it — an “aerial electric mail car” that could “transport one hundred pounds of mail between two cities with a hitherto unattained velocity.” Back when flight was still […] ...
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Publicado el 16 de diciembre del 2016
Your future commute: Flying through tubes at 760 mph
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Picture the commute of the future: You live in Palo Alto, Calif., but work 350 miles away in Los Angeles. After your morning latte, you click on a smartphone app to summon your digital chauffeur. An autonomous car shows up at your front door three minutes later to drive you to a Hyperloop station in […] ...
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Publicado el 20 de diciembre del 2016
Artificial intelligence could cost millions of jobs. The White House s...
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The growing popularity of artificial intelligence technology will likely lead to millions of lost jobs, especially among less-educated workers, and could exacerbate the economic divide between socioeconomic classes in the United States, according to a newly released White House report. But that same technology is also essential to improving the country’s productivity growth, a key meas...
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Publicado el 20 de diciembre del 2016
Uber just stopped its self-driving car service in San Francisco. Here...
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A week-long clash between California regulators and Uber over the company’s self-driving cars culminated Wednesday with officials revoking the vehicles’ registrations after the state deemed them to be operating illegally. That move put a halt to Uber’s testing of autonomous vehicles in San Francisco, at least until the company agrees to obtain permits required by the stat...
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Publicado el 22 de diciembre del 2016
California shut down Uber’s self-driving car service. The company si...
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On Wednesday afternoon, California regulators forced Uber to take its self-driving cars off the state’s roads for failing to obtain required permits. On Thursday morning, Uber packed up the cars and shipped them to Arizona, where it expects to begin road tests in the coming weeks. Uber’s move to a neighboring state highlights the patchwork of regulations […] ...
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Publicado el 22 de diciembre del 2016
El hombre que mete la nariz en los genes de los reyes
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El genetista Carles Lalueza-Fox recuerda con nitidez el “paquete bastante macabro” que un día de 2012 le llevó el médico forense francés Philippe Charlier a su laboratorio en Barcelona. Incluía pelos de los reyes merovingios y carolingios, el corazón de una monja francesa del siglo XVIII en proceso de beatificación y un fragmento de una pierna de una mujer enterrada en el panteón de...
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Publicado el 29 de diciembre del 2016
Year-end deals: the best New Year’s sales at Amazon, Target and ...
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Year-end deals on gadgets and other tech toys are harder to find now because the holidays are over, but the team at TechRadar has you covered.We've gone through everything on sale at Amazon, Walmart, Target and other stores, and figured out the best deals to close out 2016.Just because you may have missed out on Black Friday and Cyber Monday doesn't mean you have to miss out on the disco...
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Publicado el 29 de diciembre del 2016
How fast is fast charging?
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 EVgo announced this month that it has broken ground on what will be the first public DC fast charging station, capable of up to 350 kw, in California — more powerful even than current charging champs Tesla Superchargers. The EVgo station will be ready to charge up near the World’s Tallest Thermometer (yup) in Baker, California, this summer. This begs the questions: How fast a...
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Publicado el 30 de diciembre del 2016
How to use an Xbox One controller on a Mac
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Your Mac might not have the massive library of games available to Windows gamers, but you can still play them in style by connecting an Xbox One controller - and you don't need any extra hardware to do it... Continue Reading How to use an Xbox One controller on a Mac Category: Games Tags: How to Related Articles: Getting out of Auto: Understanding the different modes on your camera ...
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Publicado el 30 de diciembre del 2016
Sí, el invierno atípico del Ártico se debe a la influencia de los h...
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Para el Ártico, como para el planeta en su totalidad,2016 ha sido excepcionalmente templado. Durante buena parte del año, las temperaturas en el Ártico han sido mucho más altas de lo normal, y las concentraciones de hielo marino se han situado en niveles excepcionalmente bajos.Seguir leyendo. ...
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Publicado el 30 de diciembre del 2016